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Ministry of Women and Child Development
Last date of submission of nomination for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is 15 September, 2023
The Ministry of Women & Child Development organises Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Purashkar  every year to celebrate the energy, determination, ability, zeal and enthusiasm of our children.
Any child who is an Indian Citizen and residing in India and is not exceeding 18 years .
The last date of submission of the nomination on National Awards Portal i.e on https://awards.gov.in is 15.09.2023.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Khelo India Programme
The Khelo India Scheme, with twelve verticals, is being implemented across the country from the year 2017-18 onwards.
The Talent Search and Development vertical of Khelo India scheme provides for grant of financial assistance of Rs.5.00 lakh per annum for a period of 8 years for selected sportspersons. State/Union Territory -wise allocation or release of funds is not made under this vertical, which is implemented centrally by Sports Authority of India . Expenditure incurred under this vertical of the Khelo India Scheme is given at Annexure I.
2437 sporting talents across 20 sports disciplines have been selected under Talent Search & Development programme out of which financial assistance has been given to 2433 athletes. Year wise and State wise details of beneficiaries is at Annexure II.
Annexure I
Expenditure for the Talent Search and Development vertical of Khelo India Scheme.
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S. No.
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Year
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Expenditure

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1
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2017-18
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Nil
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2
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2018-19
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2637.50
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3
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2019-20 
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2382.29
Annexure II
Year wise and State wise details of beneficiaries under Talent Search and Development vertical of Khelo India scheme.
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S.No.
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Name of the State
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No of beneficiaries
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2018-19
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2019-20|
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1
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Andaman & Nicobar
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16
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16
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2
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Andhra Pradesh
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41
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54
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3
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Arunachal Pradesh
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8
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8
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4
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Assam
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36
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38
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5
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Bihar
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9
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10
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6
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Chandigarh
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27
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33
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7
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Chhattisgarh
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21
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25
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8
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Daman & Diu
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3
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4
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9
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Delhi
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176
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206
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10
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Goa
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14
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14
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11
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Gujarat
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63
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83
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12
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Haryana
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292
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360
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13
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Himachal Pradesh
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13
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27
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14
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Jammu & Kashmir
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14
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19
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15
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Jharkhand
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22
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25
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16
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Karnataka
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119
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134
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17
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Kerala
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81
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103
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18
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Madhya Pradesh
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52
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67
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19
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Maharashtra
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251
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303
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20
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Manipur
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85
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90
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21
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Meghalaya
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3
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3
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22
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Mizoram
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24
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25
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23
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Odisha
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46
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50
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24
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Puducherry
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2
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3
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25
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Punjab
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144
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173
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26
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Rajasthan
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56
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76
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27
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Sikkim
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2
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2
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28
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Tamil Nadu
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94
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130
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29
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Telangana
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52
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67
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30
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Tripura
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8
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8
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31
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Uttar Pradesh
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119
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147
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32
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Uttarakhand
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26
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37
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33
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West Bengal
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82
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93The beneficiaries of the Talent Search and Development vertical for the year 2019-20 also include sporting talents identified in the year 2018-19 who continue to get the benefit of the scheme.
This information was given by the Minister of State  Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Women and Child Development
Prime Minister to Interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Awardees on 24th January
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar  awardees on 24th January, 2022 via video conferencing. Union Women and Child Development Minister Smt Smriti Zubin Irani and Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai, Minister of State will also be present on the occasion. The event will be webcast on https://pmindiawebcast.nic.in from 11:30 A.M. onwards.
Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is given as recognition to children residing in India, above the age of 5 years and not exceeding 18 years  with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in 6 fields of Innovation, Scholastic achievements, Sports, Arts & Culture, Social Service and Bravery, which deserve recognition. Each awardee is given a medal, a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/- and a certificate.
These Awards are conferred by Hon'ble President in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan. The Prime Minister also interacts with these awardees every year. The awardees of PMRBP also take part in the Republic Day parade every year. However, in view of COVID-19 situation in the country, it has not been possible to organise the award ceremony at New Delhi this year. On the occasion of National Girl Child Day on 24th January and as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi would interact virtually with the winners of PMRBP-2022. The children along with their parents and concerned District Magistrate of their respective district would join the event from their district Head Quarters.
During the function, the Prime Minister would give digital certificates to winners of PMRBP 2022 using Block Chain Technology. The certificates would also be given to winners of PMRBP-2021, who could not be given the certificates last year due to COVID situation. Block Chain Technology is being used for the first time for giving certificates to awardees of PMRBP.
Prime Minister's Office
PM lays foundation stone to mark the commencement of work for 9th round of City Gas Distribution
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today, laid the foundation stone through video conferencing, to mark the commencement of work for City Gas Distribution, awarded under the 9th CGD bidding round, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. He also launched the 10th CGD bidding round.
Addressing the gathering, Prime Minister said that the work for setting up City Gas Distribution network has started in 129 districts, under the 9th round of CGD bidding. He added that after the 10th round of bidding of CGD, more than 400 districts would be covered under the City Gas Distribution network, covering around seventy percent of the population.
Stressing that the nation is now moving towards Gas Based Economy, Prime Minister said the Union Government is paying attention towards all dimensions of Gas Based Economy. Shri Modi pointed out the various steps taken by the Union Government to strengthen the Gas infrastructure in the country,especially increasing the number of LNG terminals, creating nation-wide Gas Grid and creation of City Gas Distribution Network.
Explaining the role of Gas Based Economy in moving towards Clean Energy, Prime Minister said that CGD network will play a major role in achieving Clean Energy solutions. He further added that the Union Government's efforts towards Clean Energy are broad based. In this context, he mentioned various Clean Energy initiatives of the Union Government like Ethanol Blending, Compressed Bio Gas plants, increased LPG coverage and introduction of BS-6 fuels for automobiles.
The Prime Minister said that more than twelve crore LPG connections were provided in the last four years. He mentioned that Gas networks in cities create a new ecosystem, one that enables gas based industries, generates employment to youth and provides ease of living to citizens.
The Prime Minister said that the Government would strive to fulfil the targetsfor Clean Energy and Gas Based Economy.He added that such targets need to be fulfilled not just for ourselves, but for the whole of humanity and the future generations.
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MoSRamdas Athawale condoles passing away Senior Vice President, Republican Party of India , Shri M. Athikesavan
Shri M. Athikesavan, Advocate, Resident of Chennai, Tamilnadu, Senior Vice President, Republican Party of India , passed away yesterday evening that was 28th June, 2020 at Apollo Hospital, Chennai, Tamilnadu.
Shri M. Athikesavan advocate by profession and very active Member of the Republican Party of India  and he was hard working for down trodden people in the State of Tamilnadu as well as in the Southern Region.
His sudden demise is a big loss to the Party, which can not be repaired. Especially, for poor people and for those, who were deeply associated with the departed soul.
Shri Ramdas Athawale, Hon’ble Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India and National President, Republican Party of India  paid his tribute to the departed soul and said that his services will never be forgotten.
He has further added that the demise of Shri M. Athikesavan is personal loss for me. His absence will always remind his affection for the party and his services for the deprived people .
At this hour of bereavement, I extend my heartfelt condolences to family members of Late Shri M. Athikesavan. I pray to God Almighty to rest his soul in eternal peace and give the strength family Members and party workers of Republican Party of India  Southern Region to bear this irreparable loss.
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Ministry of Defence
Successful Launches of VL-SRSAM Missile System
Defence Research & Development Organisation  conducted two successful launches of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile .
The launches were carried out today from a static vertical launcher from Integrated Test Range , Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. Indigenously designed and developed by DRDO for Indian Navy, VL-SRSAM is meant for neutralizing various aerial threats at close ranges including sea-skimming targets. The current launches were carried out for demonstration of vertical launch capability as part of its maiden launch campaign. On both occasions, the missiles intercepted the simulated targets with pinpoint accuracy. The missiles were tested for minimum and maximum range. VL-SRSAM with Weapon Control System  were deployed during the trials.
The launches were monitored by senior scientists from various DRDO labs involved in the design and development of the system such as DRDL, RCI, Hyderabad and R&D Engineers, Pune.
During the test launches, flight path and vehicle performance parameters were monitored using flight data, captured by various Range instruments such as Radar, EOTS and Telemetry systems deployed by ITR, Chandipur.
The present trials have proved the effectiveness of the weapon system and few more trials will be conducted shortly before deployment on Indian Naval ships. Once deployed, the VL-SRSAM system will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Navy.
Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO on the successful trials. Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary DD R&D & Chairman DRDO congratulated the teams involved in successful flight test of VL-SRSAM Missile System.
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Postal Dak Adalat
It is proposed to conduct DAK ADALAT on 18.03.2022 at 1100 hours at Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600002. The members of the public are requested to send their grievances, if any regarding Postal services  availed at AnnaRoad HPO, Chennai 600002, either in person or by post or through email at doannaroadhpo.tn@indiapost.gov.in, with the caption DAK ADALAT , on or before 15.03.2022. They may also attend the DakAdalat in person on 18.03.2022 at 1100 hours, according to a press release issued by Mr.M.Murali, Chief Postmaster, Anna Road HPO, Chennai 600 002.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Post-harvest activities go on at full swing in the region
Chandigarh, May 04,2020
As post-harvesting activities go on at full swing in the region, it is a common sight to see farmers cleaning and packing their produce at the grain markets in the states of Haryana and Punjab. A bumper wheat crop in these states is comforting news for the people of the country who are braving the COVID-19 pandemic at the moment. Grain markets like the ones in Malerkotla and Hoshiarpur of Punjab bear testimony to this fact. In the light of COVID-19, the first lockdown in the country was announced on 24 March 2020 with extensions coming one after another, the latest one extending the period of lockdown till 17 May 2020.
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As farming activities continue, to protect the interest of the poor during the period of lockdown, benefits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package have been reaching out to the poor in the region, with food and money, so that they do not face difficulties in buying essential supplies and meeting essential needs. J P Nandan Sharma from Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh said that he has got free ration as his family comes under BPL. Sushila Devi said she has received Rs 500 in her account as well as free ration and it is a good step to help the poor during these times.

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The retail shops of pesticides, fertilizer and seeds have been kept open during the lockdown period under the relaxations provided by the Government of India. A farmer from Haryana, Pradeep, said that these are available to the farmers at reasonable rates. Their availability is helping the farmers in the timely cultivation of the crops. Fully cognizant of the difficulties being faced by daily wagers and the unemployed, activities under MNREGA have also been resumed in the states of Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

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Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visits Sakhalin oil field in Russia
Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan today visited Sakhalin oil field in Russia. “It was my long-standing desire to visit the Sakhalin oil field. Today, had a day-long visit of Sakhalin field and processing facilities. ONGC Videsh Limited has 20% stakes of Sakhalin-1 since 2001, as a part of Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s vision of developing energy links with Russia”, he tweeted from there. He had a day-long visit of Sakhalin field and processing facilities. It is a prolific oil producing field like Bombay High. Exxon Mobil, Rosneft, Japanese SODECO and ONGC Videsh are the partners in this field which will continue to produce oil and gas till 2055. Shri Pradhan visited the Rig “Krechet” which is the biggest and most powerful land rig in the world. It is a covered rig to allow people to work in extreme temperature - it drills up to 14 KM in horizontal drilling.
Ministry of Defence
DELIVERY OF SECOND ACTCM BARGE, LSAM 16 
Contract for construction and delivery of Eleven Ammunition Barges was concluded with M/s Suryadipta Projects Pvt Ltd, Thane, a MSME, in consonance with “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” initiatives of the Government of India. Second Barge of the series LSAM 16  has been delivered to Indian Navy on 06 Sep 23in presence of Cmde MV Raj Krishna, CoY.The Barge has been built under the classification rules of Indian Register of Shipping  with a service life of 30 years. With all major and auxiliary equipment/ systems sourced from indigenous manufacturers, the Barge is proud flag bearer of “Make in India” initiatives of Ministry of Defence.
Induction of ACTCM Barge will provide impetus to operational commitments of IN by facilitating Transportation, Embarkation and Disembarkation of articles / ammunition to IN Ships both alongside jetties and at outer harbours.
Department of Space
Space Activities Bill is under active consideration of the Government-Dr Jitendra Singh
The Bill aims at regulation and promotion of private players in space sector
Government committed to create an ecosystem to encourage more private participation in indigenous production of space technologies, services and devices
Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh said thatthe Space Activities Bill is under active consideration of the Government which will include aspects pertaining to regulation and promotion of private players in space sector. In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today, he said, Government is in the process of creating an ecosystem to encourage more private participation in indigenous production of space technologies, services and devices.
Government of India has announced space sector reforms in June 2020. The Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre  was created as an independent nodal agency under the Department of Space with the mandate of promoting, handholding, licensing, authorization and monitoring of private space activities in India.Access to Department of Space  facilities and expertise are extended to private entities to support their space activities. Announcement of Opportunities were done offering challenges in new domains of space technology.Government of India is encouraging transfer of technologies developed in the field of space to Indian industries.Apart from this, Government of India is bringing in new sector policies and guidelines and also revising existing policies.
IN-SPACe which is under creation will have Safety and Security Directorate to ensure security of ISRO installations when allowing access to private entities.Public consultations were done and the relevant Departments and Ministries were consulted.
An exclusive webinar in ‘Unlocking India’s potential in space sector’ consisting of four sessions covering the four vertical of space programme were organised with the participation of Industrialist/Academia/Start-ups as well as general public. All suggestions have been taken into consideration and appropriately addressed.
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Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department conducts searches in West Bengal
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operation on 16.12.2021 on two prominent Asansol based groups, engaged in business of iron and steel products, infrastructure, cement, poly fabs, agro-tech & food processing, etc. The search action covered more than 30 premises spread over West Bengal.
A large number of incriminating evidences in the form of documents and digital data stored in SD cards, WhatsApp chats, etc. have been found and seized. The search team has detected that SD cards have been used to keep details of a parallel set of unaccounted sales, excel sheets of actual production data, parallel tally accounts files, cash payment details made to various parties etc.
A preliminary analysis of seized SD cards and related evidences reveal that these contain unaccounted cash handled by key employees of the directors and owners of the entities. The key persons of one of the groups have admitted that unaccounted income of more than Rs. 66 crore has been generated through unaccounted cash sales from its manufacturing units during the financial year FY 20-21. In certain other entities, evidences have been found relating to claim of unsubstantiated purchases, out of which purchases to the extent of Rs. 20 crore have also been admitted by the directors as undisclosed income.
Further, analysis of seized evidences of another group reveals that many paper companies, which are run by entry operators, have been used to provide accommodation entries to its flagship concerns. These shell entities have been found to have routed back the unaccounted money of the group in the guise of share capital/unsecured loan into the books of account of these entities. It has been corroborated, with admission by directors of these entities concerned, that, quantum of such routing exceeds Rs. 40 crore.
Thus, the search action has unearthed various methods of tax evasion adopted by the groups such as unaccounted cash sales, inflation of expenses through claim of bogus purchases and routing of unaccounted income through accommodation entries.
The search has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash and jewellery of more than Rs.2 crore and has, so far, led to detection of total unaccounted income exceeding Rs. 125 crore.
Further investigations are in progress.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Trivendra Singh Rawat on taking oath as Uttarakhand CM
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Shri Trivendra Singh Rawat on taking oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
VICE PRESIDENT INAUGURATES ‘EK BHARAT SHRESHTHA BHARAT’ EXHIBITION; EXHORTS PEOPLE TO LEARN ABOUT ART AND CULTURE OF THE PAIRED STATES
The Hon’ble Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated an exhibition on ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’  at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in the city today. Organised by the Regional Outreach Bureau, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, this exhibition highlights the various interesting aspects of the paired states of Haryana and Telangana like art forms, cuisine, festivals, monuments, tourism spots etc, The exhibition will be open for viewing from 12th to 14th December, 2021 at Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Campus, Nampally, Hyderabad. Noteworthy books brought out on the themes of art and culture have been put up on display by the Publications Division at the exhibition.
Sharing his thoughts on the occasion, Shri Naidu said that such initiatives will go a long way in propagating the rich cultural heritage of the paired states and promoting people-to-people contacts. He complimented the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting for this initiative that brings people from the both States together and creates awareness about our rich & diverse cultural heritage.
Telangana State Home Minister, Shri Mohammed Mahmood Ali, Vice Chairman, Telangana State Planning Board, Shri B. Vinod Kumar, attended the event. The senior officers of Ministry of I&B from ROB, PIB, DPD and AIR were present on the occasion.
The Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat programme is a unique initiative by the Government to promote the spirit of national integration and to strengthen the fabric of emotional bonds between the people of our country. The Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat  programme was launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minister on 31st October, 2015 on the occasion of the 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, who played a significant part in the unification of the country post-independence.